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- the invention relates generally to multilayer, thin film barrier composites, and more particularly, to multilayer, thin film barrier composites having the edges sealed against lateral moisture and gas diffusion.
- Multilayer, thin film barrier composites having alternating layers of barrier material and polymer material are known. These composites are typically formed by depositing alternating layers of barrier material and polymer material, such as by vapor deposition. If the polymer layers are deposited over the entire surface of the substrate, then the edges of the polymer layers are exposed to oxygen, moisture, and other contaminants. This potentially allows the moisture, oxygen, or other contaminants to diffuse laterally into an encapsulated environmentally sensitive device from the edge of the composite, as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the multilayer, thin film barrier composite 100 includes a substrate 105 and alternating layers of decoupling material 110 and barrier material 115 . The scale of FIG. 1 is greatly expanded in the vertical direction.
- the area of the substrate 105 will typically vary from a few square centimeters to several square meters.
- the barrier layers 115 are typically a few hundred Angstroms thick, while the decoupling layers 110 are generally less than ten microns thick.
- the lateral diffusion rate of moisture and oxygen is finite, and this will eventually compromise the encapsulation.
- One way to reduce the problem of edge diffusion is to provide long edge diffusion paths. However, this decreases the area of the substrate which is usable for active environmentally sensitive devices. In addition, it only lessens the problem, but does not eliminate it.
- a similar edge diffusion problem will arise when a substrate containing a multilayer, thin film barrier composite is scribed and separated to create individual components.
- the present invention solves this need by providing an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device.
- the edge-sealed, environmentally sensitive device includes at least one initial barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer.
- a first decoupling layer of a first initial barrier stack has an area and a first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack.
- the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack is in contact with a third barrier layer or an optional substrate, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack and the third barrier layer or the optional substrate.
- An environmentally sensitive device is adjacent to the at least one initial barrier stack.
- At least one additional barrier stack is adjacent to the environmentally sensitive device on a side opposite the at least one initial barrier stack.
- the at least one additional barrier stack comprises at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer.
- a first decoupling layer of a first additional barrier stack has an area and a first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack.
- the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack is in contact with a fourth barrier layer, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack and the fourth barrier layer.
- At least one barrier layer of at least one initial barrier stack is in contact with at least one barrier layer of at least one additional barrier stack, sealing the environmentally sensitive device between the at least one initial barrier stack and the at least one additional barrier stack forming an environmentally sensitive device seal, wherein an oxygen transmission rate through the environmentally sensitive device seal is less than 0.005 cc/m 2 /day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity.
- Another aspect of the invention is a method of making an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device.
- the method includes providing at least one initial barrier stack, the at least one initial barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer, wherein a first decoupling layer of a first initial barrier stack has an area and wherein a first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack, and wherein the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack is in contact with a third barrier layer or an optional substrate, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack and the third barrier layer or the optional substrate; placing an environmentally sensitive device adjacent to the at least one initial barrier stack; and placing at least one additional barrier stack adjacent to the environmentally sensitive device on a side opposite the at least one initial barrier stack, the at least one additional barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least
- FIG. 1 is a cross-section of a barrier composite of the prior art.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section of one embodiment of an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a successful barrier layer without a seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.
- FIG. 4 shows a successful edge seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.
- FIG. 5 shows a failed edge seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.
- FIG. 6 shows a cross-section of one embodiment of a substrate and mask arrangement and a plan view of the resulting seal.
- FIG. 7 shows a cross-section of another embodiment of a substrate and mask arrangement and a plan view of the resulting seal.
- FIG. 2 shows an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device 400 .
- a substrate 405 which can be removed after the device is made, if desired.
- the environmentally sensitive device 430 is encapsulated between initial barrier stack 422 on one side and additional barrier stack 440 on the other side.
- the environmentally sensitive device can be any device requiring protection from moisture, gas, or other contaminants.
- Environmentally sensitive devices include, but are not limited to, organic light emitting devices, liquid crystal displays, displays using electrophoretic inks, light emitting diodes, light emitting polymers, electroluminescent devices, phosphorescent devices, organic solar cells, inorganic solar cells, thin film batteries, and thin film devices with vias, and combinations thereof.
- the substrate which is optional, can be any suitable substrate, and can be either rigid or flexible.
- Suitable substrates include, but are not limited to: polymers, for example, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or high temperature polymers, such as polyether sulfone (PES), polyimides, or TransphanTM (a high glass transition temperature cyclic olefin polymer available from Lofo High Tech Film, GMBH of Weil am Rhein, Germany); metals and metal foils; paper; fabric; glass, including thin, flexible, glass sheet (for example, flexible glass sheet available from Corning Inc. under the glass code 0211. This particular thin, flexible glass sheet has a thickness of less than 0.6 mm and will bend at a radium of about 8 inches.); ceramics; semiconductors; silicon; and combinations thereof.
- Barrier stack 420 has a barrier layer 415 which has an area greater than the area of the decoupling layer 410 which seals the decoupling layer 410 within the area of the barrier layer 415 .
- Barrier stack 422 has two barrier layers 415 , 417 and two decoupling layers 410 , 412 .
- Barrier layer 415 has an area greater than that of the decoupling layers 410 , 412 which seals the decoupling layers 410 , 412 within the area of the barrier layer 415 .
- Barrier stack 440 includes two decoupling layers 410 and two barrier layers 415 which may be of approximately the same size. Barrier stack 440 also includes barrier layer 435 which has an area greater than the area of the decoupling layers 410 which seals the decoupling layers 410 within the area of barrier layer 435 .
- the barrier layers It is not required that all of the barrier layers have an area greater than all of the decoupling layers, but at least one of the barrier layers must have an area greater than at least one of the decoupling layers. If not all of the barrier layers have an area greater than of the decoupling layers, the barrier layers which do have an area greater than the decoupling layers should form a seal around those which do not so that there are no exposed decoupling layers within the barrier composite, although, clearly it is a matter of degree. The fewer the edge areas of decoupling layers exposed, the less the edge diffusion. If some diffusion is acceptable, then a complete barrier is not required.
- the barrier stacks of the present invention on polymeric substrates, such as PET, have measured oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) values well below the detection limits of current industrial instrumentation used for permeation measurements (Mocon OxTran 2/20L and Permatran).
- Table 1 shows the OTR and WVTR values (measured according to ASTM F 1927-98 and ASTM F 1249-90, respectively) measured at Mocon (Minneapolis, Minn.) for several barrier stacks on 7 mil PET, along with reported values for other materials.
- OTR oxygen transmission rate
- WVTR water vapor transmission rate
- the barrier stacks of the present invention provide oxygen and water vapor permeation rates several orders of magnitude better than PET coated with aluminum, silicon oxide, or aluminum oxide.
- Typical oxygen permeation rates for other barrier coatings range from about 1 to about 0.1 cc/m 2 /day.
- the oxygen transmission rate for the barrier stacks of the present invention is less than 0.005 cc/m 2 /day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity, and at 38° C. and 90% relative humidity.
- the water vapor transmission rate is less than 0.005 g/m 2 /day at 38° C. and 100% relative humidity. The actual transmission rates are lower, but cannot be measured with existing equipment.
- a good edge seal should be no more permeable than the overall barrier layer. This should result in failure at the edges occurring at a rate statistically the same as that observed anywhere else. In practice, the areas closest to the edge show failure first, and the inference is that edge failure is involved.
- the Mocon test for the barrier layers requires significant surface area, and cannot be used to test the edge seal directly.
- a test using a layer of calcium was developed to measure barrier properties.
- the calcium test is described in Nisato et al., “Thin Film Encapsulation for OLEDs: Evaluation of Multi-layer Barriers using the Ca Test,” SID 03 Digest, 2003, p. 550-553, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the calcium test can be used to evaluate edge seal performance for both oxygen transmission rate and water vapor transmission rate. An encapsulated device is made, and the edges are observed for degradation in response to permeation by oxygen and water. The determination is qualitative: pass/fail. Failure is noted at the edges, and the failure progresses inwards from the edges over time.
- An edge seal which passes the calcium test has an oxygen transmission rate for the edge seal of less than 0.005 cc/m 2 /day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity, and at 38° C. and 90% relative humidity. It would also have a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.005 g/m 2 /day at 38° C. and 100% relative humidity.
- FIGS. 3-5 show results from calcium tests after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.
- FIG. 3 shows a successful barrier layer without a seal. The edge of the barrier layer is more than 50 mm from the calcium edge.
- FIG. 4 shows a successful edge seal. The edge of the barrier layer is 3 mm from the calcium edge, and no degradation is observed.
- FIG. 5 shows an edge seal which failed. The edge of the barrier layer is 3 mm from the calcium edge, and severe degradation can be seen.
- barrier stacks are not limited. The number of barrier stacks needed depends on the substrate material used and the level of permeation resistance needed for the particular application. One or two barrier stacks may provide sufficient barrier properties for some applications. The most stringent applications may require five or more barrier stacks.
- the barrier stacks can have one or more decoupling layers and one or more barrier layers. There could be one decoupling layer and one barrier layer, there could be one or more decoupling layers on one side of one or more barrier layers, there could be one or more decoupling layers on both sides of one or more barrier layers, or there could be one or more barrier layers on both sides of one or more decoupling layers.
- the important feature is that the barrier stack have at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer.
- the barrier layers in the barrier stacks can be made of the same material or of a different material, as can the decoupling layers.
- the barrier layers are typically about 100-400 ⁇ thick, and the decoupling layers are typically about 1000-10,000 ⁇ thick.
- the barrier stacks can have the same or different layers, and the layers can be in the same or different sequences.
- the decoupling layer must be first in order for the barrier layer to seal it.
- the decoupling layer will be sealed between the substrate (or the upper layer of the previous barrier stack) and the barrier layer.
- a device can be made with a single barrier stack having one decoupling layer and one barrier layer on each side of the environmentally sensitive device, there will typically be at least two barrier stacks on each side, each stack having one (or more) decoupling layer and one (or more) barrier layer.
- the first layer in the stack can be either a decoupling layer or a barrier layer, as can the last layer.
- the barrier layer which seals the decoupling layer may be the first barrier layer in the barrier stack, as shown in barrier stack 420 . It may also be a second (or later) barrier layer as shown in barrier stack 440 . Barrier layer 435 which seals the barrier stack 440 is the third barrier layer in the barrier stack following two barrier layers 415 which do not seal the barrier stack.
- first decoupling layer and first barrier layer in the claims does not refer to the actual sequence of layers, but to layers which meet the limitations.
- first initial barrier stack and first additional barrier stack do not refer to the actual sequence of the initial and additional barrier stacks.
- the decoupling layers may be made from the same decoupling material or different decoupling material.
- the decoupling layer can be made of any suitable decoupling material, including, but not limited to, organic polymers, inorganic polymers, organometallic polymers, hybrid organic/inorganic polymer systems, silicates, and combinations thereof.
- Organic polymers include, but are not limited to, urethanes, polyamides, polyimides, polybutylenes, isobutylene isoprene, polyolefins, epoxies, parylenes, benzocyclobutadiene, polynorbornenes, polyarylethers, polycarbonates, alkyds, polyaniline, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene acrylic acid, and combinations thereof.
- Inorganic polymers include, but are not limited to, silicones, polyphosphazenes, polysilazanes, polycarbosilanes, polycarboranes, carborane siloxanes, polysilanes, phosphonitriles, sulfur nitride polymers, siloxanes, and combinations thereof.
- Organometallic polymers include, but are not limited to, organometallic polymers of main group metals, transition metals, and lanthanide/actinide metals, or combinations thereof.
- Hybrid organic/inorganic polymer systems include, but are not limited to, organically modified silicates, preceramic polymers, polyimide-silica hybrids, (meth)acrylate-silica hybrids, polydimethylsiloxane-silica hybrids, ceramers, and combinations thereof.
- the barrier layers may be made from the same barrier material or different barrier material.
- the barrier layer can be made from any suitable barrier material.
- the barrier material can be transparent or opaque depending on what the composite is to be used for.
- Suitable barrier materials include, but are not limited to, metals, metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal oxynitrides, metal oxyborides, and combinations thereof.
- Metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, titanium, indium, tin, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, yttrium, nickel, tungsten, chromium, zinc, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof.
- Metal oxides include, but are not limited to, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, indium tin oxide, tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, niobium oxide, hafnium oxide, yttrium oxide, nickel oxide, tungsten oxide, chromium oxide, zinc oxide, and combinations thereof.
- Metal nitrides include, but are not limited to, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, boron nitride, germanium nitride, chromium nitride, nickel nitride, and combinations thereof.
- Metal carbides include, but are not limited to, boron carbide, tungsten carbide, silicon carbide, and combinations thereof.
- Metal oxynitrides include, but are not limited to, aluminum oxynitride, silicon oxynitride, boron oxynitride, and combinations thereof.
- Metal oxyborides include, but are limited to, zirconium oxyboride, titanium oxyboride, and combinations thereof.
- Suitable barrier materials also include, but are not limited to, opaque metals, opaque ceramics, opaque polymers, and opaque cermets, and combinations thereof.
- Opaque cermets include, but are not limited to, zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, hafnium nitride, tantalum nitride, niobium nitride, tungsten disilicide, titanium diboride, and zirconium diboride, and combinations thereof.
- the barrier layers may be deposited by any suitable process including, but not limited to, conventional vacuum processes such as sputtering, evaporation, sublimation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), electron cyclotron resonance-plasma enhanced vapor deposition (ECR-PECVD), and combinations thereof.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- PECVD plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- ECR-PECVD electron cyclotron resonance-plasma enhanced vapor deposition
- the decoupling layer can be produced by a number of known processes which provide improved surface planarity, including both atmospheric processes and vacuum processes.
- the decoupling layer may be formed by depositing a layer of liquid and subsequently processing the layer of liquid into a solid film. Depositing the decoupling layer as a liquid allows the liquid to flow over the defects in the substrate or previous layer, filling in low areas, and covering up high points, providing a surface with significantly improved planarity. When the decoupling layer is processed into a solid film, the improved surface planarity is retained.
- Suitable processes for depositing a layer of liquid material and processing it into a solid film include, but are not limited to, vacuum processes and atmospheric processes.
- Suitable vacuum processes include, but are not limited to, those described in U.S. Pat. Nos.
- Suitable atmospheric processes include, but are not limited to, spin coating, printing, ink jet printing, and/or spraying.
- atmospheric processes we mean processes run at pressures of about 1 atmosphere that can employ the ambient atmosphere.
- the use of atmospheric processes presents a number of difficulties including the need to cycle between a vacuum environment for depositing the barrier layer and ambient conditions for the decoupling layer, and the exposure of the environmentally sensitive device to environmental contaminants, such as oxygen and moisture.
- One way to alleviate these problems is to use a specific gas (purge gas) during the atmospheric process to control exposure of the receiving substrate to the environmental contaminants.
- the process could include cycling between a vacuum environment for barrier layer deposition and an ambient pressure nitrogen environment for the atmospheric process.
- Printing processes including ink jet printing, allow the deposition of the decoupling layer in a precise area without the use of masks.
- One way to make a decoupling layer involves depositing a polymer precursor, such as a (meth)acrylate containing polymer precursor, and then polymerizing it in situ to form the decoupling layer.
- a polymer precursor means a material which can be polymerized to form a polymer, including, but not limited to, monomers, oligomers, and resins.
- a preceramic precursor could be deposited as a liquid by spin coating and then converted to a solid layer. Full thermal conversion is possible for a film of this type directly on a glass or oxide coated substrate.
- Electron beam techniques could be used to crosslink and/or densify some of these types of polymers and can be combined with thermal techniques to overcome some of the substrate thermal limitations, provided the substrate can handle the electron beam exposure.
- a decoupling layer involves depositing a material, such as a polymer precursor, as a liquid at a temperature above its melting point and subsequently freezing it in place.
- One method of making the composite of the present invention includes providing a substrate, and depositing a barrier layer adjacent to the substrate at a barrier deposition station.
- the substrate with the barrier layer is moved to a decoupling material deposition station.
- a mask is provided with an opening which limits the deposition of the decoupling layer to an area which is smaller than, and contained within, the area covered by the barrier layer.
- the first layer deposited could be either the barrier layer or the decoupling layer, depending on the design of the composite.
- the decoupling material may be deposited through multiple openings in a single shadow mask, or through multiple shadow masks. This allows the motherglass to be subsequently diced into individual environmentally sensitive devices, each of which is edge sealed.
- the mask may be in the form of a rectangle with the center removed (like a picture frame).
- the decoupling material is then deposited through the opening in the mask.
- the layer of decoupling material formed in this way will cover an area less than the area covered by the layer of barrier material.
- This type of mask can be used in either a batch process or a roll coating process operated in a step and repeat mode. With these processes, all four edges of the decoupling layer will be sealed by the barrier material when a second barrier layer which has an area greater than the area of the decoupling layer is deposited over the decoupling layer.
- the method can also be used in a continuous roll to roll process using a mask having two sides which extend inward over the substrate.
- the opening is formed between the two sides of the mask which allows continuous deposition of decoupling material.
- the mask may have transverse connections between the two sides so long as they are not in the deposition area for the decoupling layer.
- the mask is positioned laterally and at a distance from the substrate so as to cause the decoupling material to be deposited over an area less than that of the barrier layer. In this arrangement, the lateral edges of the decoupling layer are sealed by the barrier layer.
- the substrate can then be moved to a barrier deposition station (either the original barrier deposition station or a second one), and a second layer of barrier material deposited on the decoupling layer. Since the area covered by the first barrier layer is greater than the area of the decoupling layer, the decoupling layer is sealed between the two barrier layers. These deposition steps can be repeated if necessary until sufficient barrier material is deposited for the particular application.
- a barrier deposition station either the original barrier deposition station or a second one
- the substrate can be passed by one or more decoupling material deposition stations one or more times before being moved to the barrier deposition station.
- the decoupling layers can be made from the same decoupling material or different decoupling material.
- the decoupling layers can be deposited using the same process or using different processes.
- one or more barrier stacks can include two or more barrier layers.
- the barrier layers can be formed by passing the substrate (either before or after the decoupling layers have been deposited) past one or more barrier deposition stations one or more times, building up the number of layers desired.
- the layers can be made of the same or different barrier material, and they can be deposited using the same or different processes.
- the method involves providing a substrate and depositing a layer of barrier material on the surface of the substrate at a barrier deposition station.
- the substrate with the barrier layer is moved to a decoupling material deposition station where a layer of decoupling material is deposited over substantially the whole surface of the barrier layer.
- a solid mask is then placed over the substrate with the barrier layer and the decoupling layer. The mask protects the central area of the surface, which would include the areas covered by the active environmentally sensitive devices.
- a reactive plasma can be used to etch away the edges of the layer of decoupling material outside the mask, which results in the layer of etched decoupling material covering an area less than the area covered by the layer of barrier material.
- Suitable reactive plasmas include, but are not limited to, O 2 , CF 4 , and H 2 , and combinations thereof.
- a layer of barrier material covering an area greater than that covered by the etched decoupling layer can then be deposited, sealing the etched decoupling layer between the layers of barrier material.
- the deposition and etching steps can be repeated until sufficient barrier material is deposited.
- This method can be used in a batch process or in a roll coating process operated in a step and repeat mode. In these processes, all four edges of the decoupling layer may be etched.
- This method can also be used in continuous roll to roll processes. In this case, only the edges of the decoupling material in the direction of the process are etched.
- two masks can be used, one for the decoupling material and one for the barrier material. This would allow encapsulation with an edge seal of device which has electrical contacts which extend outside the encapsulation.
- the electrical contacts can remain uncoated (or require only minimal post-encapsulation cleaning.)
- the electrical contacts will typically be thin layer constructions that are sensitive to post-encapsulation cleaning or may be difficult to expose by selective etching of the encapsulation.
- a mask is applied only for the decoupling material, a thick barrier layer could extend over the areas between the devices and cover the contacts. Furthermore, cutting through the thick barrier layer could be difficult.
- the mask 500 for the decoupling material has a smaller opening than the mask 505 for the barrier material. This allows the barrier layer 510 to encapsulate the decoupling layer 515 .
- the masks 500 , 505 can optionally have an undercut 520 , 525 that keeps the deposited decoupling material and/or barrier material from contacting the mask at the point where the mask contacts the substrate 530 .
- the undercut 520 for the decoupling mask 500 can be sufficient to place the decoupling mask contact point 535 outside edge of barrier layer 510 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
- the cut edges will expose the edges of the decoupling layers. These cut edges may require additional sealing if the exposure compromises barrier performance.
- One method for sealing edges which are to be cut involves depositing a ridge on the substrate before depositing the barrier stack.
- the ridge interferes with the deposition of the decoupling layer so that the area of barrier material is greater than the area of decoupling material and the decoupling layer is sealed by the barrier layer within the area of barrier material.
- the ridge should be fairly pointed, for example, triangular shaped, in order to interrupt the deposition and allow the layers of barrier material to extend beyond the layers of decoupling material.
- the ridge can be deposited anywhere that a cut will need to be made, such as around individual environmentally sensitive devices.
- the ridge can be made of any suitable material, including, but not limited to, photoresist and barrier materials, such as described previously.
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- This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/068,356, filed Feb. 28, 2005, entitled Method for Edge Sealing Barrier Films, which is a division of application Ser. No. 09/966,163, filed Sep. 28, 2001, entitled Method for Edge Sealing Barrier Films, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,866,901, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/427,138, filed Oct. 25, 1999, entitled Environmental Barrier Material for Organic Light Emitting Device and Method of Making, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,522,067.
- The invention relates generally to multilayer, thin film barrier composites, and more particularly, to multilayer, thin film barrier composites having the edges sealed against lateral moisture and gas diffusion.
- Multilayer, thin film barrier composites having alternating layers of barrier material and polymer material are known. These composites are typically formed by depositing alternating layers of barrier material and polymer material, such as by vapor deposition. If the polymer layers are deposited over the entire surface of the substrate, then the edges of the polymer layers are exposed to oxygen, moisture, and other contaminants. This potentially allows the moisture, oxygen, or other contaminants to diffuse laterally into an encapsulated environmentally sensitive device from the edge of the composite, as shown in
FIG. 1 . The multilayer, thinfilm barrier composite 100 includes asubstrate 105 and alternating layers of decouplingmaterial 110 andbarrier material 115. The scale ofFIG. 1 is greatly expanded in the vertical direction. The area of thesubstrate 105 will typically vary from a few square centimeters to several square meters. Thebarrier layers 115 are typically a few hundred Angstroms thick, while the decouplinglayers 110 are generally less than ten microns thick. The lateral diffusion rate of moisture and oxygen is finite, and this will eventually compromise the encapsulation. One way to reduce the problem of edge diffusion is to provide long edge diffusion paths. However, this decreases the area of the substrate which is usable for active environmentally sensitive devices. In addition, it only lessens the problem, but does not eliminate it. - A similar edge diffusion problem will arise when a substrate containing a multilayer, thin film barrier composite is scribed and separated to create individual components.
- Thus, there is a need for an edge-sealed barrier film composite, and for a method of making such a composite.
- The present invention solves this need by providing an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The edge-sealed, environmentally sensitive device includes at least one initial barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. A first decoupling layer of a first initial barrier stack has an area and a first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack. The first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack is in contact with a third barrier layer or an optional substrate, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack and the third barrier layer or the optional substrate. An environmentally sensitive device is adjacent to the at least one initial barrier stack. At least one additional barrier stack is adjacent to the environmentally sensitive device on a side opposite the at least one initial barrier stack. The at least one additional barrier stack comprises at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. A first decoupling layer of a first additional barrier stack has an area and a first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack. The first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack is in contact with a fourth barrier layer, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack and the fourth barrier layer. At least one barrier layer of at least one initial barrier stack is in contact with at least one barrier layer of at least one additional barrier stack, sealing the environmentally sensitive device between the at least one initial barrier stack and the at least one additional barrier stack forming an environmentally sensitive device seal, wherein an oxygen transmission rate through the environmentally sensitive device seal is less than 0.005 cc/m2/day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity.
- By adjacent, we mean next to, but not necessarily directly next to. There can be additional layers intervening between the substrate and the barrier stacks, and between the barrier stacks and the environmentally sensitive device, etc.
- Another aspect of the invention is a method of making an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The method includes providing at least one initial barrier stack, the at least one initial barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer, wherein a first decoupling layer of a first initial barrier stack has an area and wherein a first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack, and wherein the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack is in contact with a third barrier layer or an optional substrate, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first initial barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first initial barrier stack and the third barrier layer or the optional substrate; placing an environmentally sensitive device adjacent to the at least one initial barrier stack; and placing at least one additional barrier stack adjacent to the environmentally sensitive device on a side opposite the at least one initial barrier stack, the at least one additional barrier stack comprising at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer, wherein a first decoupling layer of a first additional barrier stack has an area and wherein a first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack has an area, the area of the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack being greater than the area of the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack, wherein the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack is in contact with a fourth barrier layer, sealing the first decoupling layer of the first additional barrier stack between the first barrier layer of the first additional barrier stack and the fourth barrier layer, and wherein at least one barrier layer of at least one initial barrier stack is in contact with at least one barrier layer of at least one additional barrier stack, sealing the environmentally sensitive device between the at least one initial barrier stack and the at least one additional barrier stack forming an environmentally sensitive device seal, wherein an oxygen transmission rate through the environmentally sensitive device seal is less than 0.005 cc/m2/day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity.
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FIG. 1 is a cross-section of a barrier composite of the prior art. -
FIG. 2 is a cross-section of one embodiment of an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 shows a successful barrier layer without a seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity. -
FIG. 4 shows a successful edge seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity. -
FIG. 5 shows a failed edge seal after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity. -
FIG. 6 shows a cross-section of one embodiment of a substrate and mask arrangement and a plan view of the resulting seal. -
FIG. 7 shows a cross-section of another embodiment of a substrate and mask arrangement and a plan view of the resulting seal. -
FIG. 2 shows an edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentallysensitive device 400. There is asubstrate 405 which can be removed after the device is made, if desired. The environmentallysensitive device 430 is encapsulated betweeninitial barrier stack 422 on one side andadditional barrier stack 440 on the other side. There is anotherinitial barrier stack 420 between thesubstrate 405 andinitial barrier stack 422. - The environmentally sensitive device can be any device requiring protection from moisture, gas, or other contaminants. Environmentally sensitive devices include, but are not limited to, organic light emitting devices, liquid crystal displays, displays using electrophoretic inks, light emitting diodes, light emitting polymers, electroluminescent devices, phosphorescent devices, organic solar cells, inorganic solar cells, thin film batteries, and thin film devices with vias, and combinations thereof.
- The substrate, which is optional, can be any suitable substrate, and can be either rigid or flexible. Suitable substrates include, but are not limited to: polymers, for example, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or high temperature polymers, such as polyether sulfone (PES), polyimides, or Transphan™ (a high glass transition temperature cyclic olefin polymer available from Lofo High Tech Film, GMBH of Weil am Rhein, Germany); metals and metal foils; paper; fabric; glass, including thin, flexible, glass sheet (for example, flexible glass sheet available from Corning Inc. under the glass code 0211. This particular thin, flexible glass sheet has a thickness of less than 0.6 mm and will bend at a radium of about 8 inches.); ceramics; semiconductors; silicon; and combinations thereof.
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Barrier stack 420 has abarrier layer 415 which has an area greater than the area of thedecoupling layer 410 which seals thedecoupling layer 410 within the area of thebarrier layer 415.Barrier stack 422 has twobarrier layers decoupling layers Barrier layer 415 has an area greater than that of thedecoupling layers decoupling layers barrier layer 415. There is asecond barrier layer 417. Because thedecoupling layers barrier layer 415, ambient moisture, oxygen, and other contaminants cannot diffuse through the decoupling layers to the environmentally sensitive device. - On the other side of the environmentally
sensitive device 430, there is anadditional barrier stack 440.Barrier stack 440 includes twodecoupling layers 410 and twobarrier layers 415 which may be of approximately the same size.Barrier stack 440 also includesbarrier layer 435 which has an area greater than the area of thedecoupling layers 410 which seals thedecoupling layers 410 within the area ofbarrier layer 435. - It is not required that all of the barrier layers have an area greater than all of the decoupling layers, but at least one of the barrier layers must have an area greater than at least one of the decoupling layers. If not all of the barrier layers have an area greater than of the decoupling layers, the barrier layers which do have an area greater than the decoupling layers should form a seal around those which do not so that there are no exposed decoupling layers within the barrier composite, although, clearly it is a matter of degree. The fewer the edge areas of decoupling layers exposed, the less the edge diffusion. If some diffusion is acceptable, then a complete barrier is not required.
- The barrier stacks of the present invention on polymeric substrates, such as PET, have measured oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) values well below the detection limits of current industrial instrumentation used for permeation measurements (Mocon OxTran 2/20L and Permatran). Table 1 shows the OTR and WVTR values (measured according to ASTM F 1927-98 and ASTM F 1249-90, respectively) measured at Mocon (Minneapolis, Minn.) for several barrier stacks on 7 mil PET, along with reported values for other materials.
TABLE 1 Oxygen Water Vapor Permeation Rate Permeation (cc/m2/day) (g/m2/day)+ Sample 23° C. 38° C. 23° C. 38° C. Native 7 mil PET 7.62 — — — 1-barrier stack <0.005 <0.005* — 0.46+ 1-barrier stack with ITO <0.005 <0.005* — 0.011+ 2-barrier stacks <0.005 <0.005* — <0.005+ 2-barrier stacks with ITO <0.005 <0.005* — <0.005+ 5-barrier stacks <0.005 <0.005* — <0.005+ 5-barrier stacks with ITO <0.005 <0.005* — <0.005+ DuPont film1 0.3 — — — (PET/Si3N4 or PEN/Si3N4) Polaroid3 <1.0 — — — PET/Al2 0.6 — 0.17 — PET/silicon oxide2 0.7-1.5 — 0.15-0.9 — Teijin LCD film <2 — <5 — (HA grade - TN/STN)3
*38° C., 90% RH, 100% O2
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1P. F. Carcia, 46th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, Oct. 1999
2Langowski, H. C., 39th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings, SVC, pp. 398-401 (1996)
3Technical Data Sheet
- As the data in Table 1 shows, the barrier stacks of the present invention provide oxygen and water vapor permeation rates several orders of magnitude better than PET coated with aluminum, silicon oxide, or aluminum oxide. Typical oxygen permeation rates for other barrier coatings range from about 1 to about 0.1 cc/m2/day. The oxygen transmission rate for the barrier stacks of the present invention is less than 0.005 cc/m2/day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity, and at 38° C. and 90% relative humidity. The water vapor transmission rate is less than 0.005 g/m2/day at 38° C. and 100% relative humidity. The actual transmission rates are lower, but cannot be measured with existing equipment.
- In theory, a good edge seal should be no more permeable than the overall barrier layer. This should result in failure at the edges occurring at a rate statistically the same as that observed anywhere else. In practice, the areas closest to the edge show failure first, and the inference is that edge failure is involved.
- The Mocon test for the barrier layers requires significant surface area, and cannot be used to test the edge seal directly. A test using a layer of calcium was developed to measure barrier properties. The calcium test is described in Nisato et al., “Thin Film Encapsulation for OLEDs: Evaluation of Multi-layer Barriers using the Ca Test,” SID 03 Digest, 2003, p. 550-553, which is incorporated herein by reference. The calcium test can be used to evaluate edge seal performance for both oxygen transmission rate and water vapor transmission rate. An encapsulated device is made, and the edges are observed for degradation in response to permeation by oxygen and water. The determination is qualitative: pass/fail. Failure is noted at the edges, and the failure progresses inwards from the edges over time. An edge seal which passes the calcium test has an oxygen transmission rate for the edge seal of less than 0.005 cc/m2/day at 23° C. and 0% relative humidity, and at 38° C. and 90% relative humidity. It would also have a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.005 g/m2/day at 38° C. and 100% relative humidity.
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FIGS. 3-5 show results from calcium tests after 750 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.FIG. 3 shows a successful barrier layer without a seal. The edge of the barrier layer is more than 50 mm from the calcium edge.FIG. 4 shows a successful edge seal. The edge of the barrier layer is 3 mm from the calcium edge, and no degradation is observed.FIG. 5 shows an edge seal which failed. The edge of the barrier layer is 3 mm from the calcium edge, and severe degradation can be seen. - The number of barrier stacks is not limited. The number of barrier stacks needed depends on the substrate material used and the level of permeation resistance needed for the particular application. One or two barrier stacks may provide sufficient barrier properties for some applications. The most stringent applications may require five or more barrier stacks.
- The barrier stacks can have one or more decoupling layers and one or more barrier layers. There could be one decoupling layer and one barrier layer, there could be one or more decoupling layers on one side of one or more barrier layers, there could be one or more decoupling layers on both sides of one or more barrier layers, or there could be one or more barrier layers on both sides of one or more decoupling layers. The important feature is that the barrier stack have at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. The barrier layers in the barrier stacks can be made of the same material or of a different material, as can the decoupling layers. The barrier layers are typically about 100-400 Å thick, and the decoupling layers are typically about 1000-10,000 Å thick.
- The barrier stacks can have the same or different layers, and the layers can be in the same or different sequences.
- If there is only one barrier stack and it has only one decoupling layer and one barrier layer, then the decoupling layer must be first in order for the barrier layer to seal it. The decoupling layer will be sealed between the substrate (or the upper layer of the previous barrier stack) and the barrier layer. Although a device can be made with a single barrier stack having one decoupling layer and one barrier layer on each side of the environmentally sensitive device, there will typically be at least two barrier stacks on each side, each stack having one (or more) decoupling layer and one (or more) barrier layer. In this case, the first layer in the stack can be either a decoupling layer or a barrier layer, as can the last layer.
- The barrier layer which seals the decoupling layer may be the first barrier layer in the barrier stack, as shown in
barrier stack 420. It may also be a second (or later) barrier layer as shown inbarrier stack 440.Barrier layer 435 which seals thebarrier stack 440 is the third barrier layer in the barrier stack following twobarrier layers 415 which do not seal the barrier stack. Thus, the use of the terms first decoupling layer and first barrier layer in the claims does not refer to the actual sequence of layers, but to layers which meet the limitations. Similarly, the terms first initial barrier stack and first additional barrier stack do not refer to the actual sequence of the initial and additional barrier stacks. - The decoupling layers may be made from the same decoupling material or different decoupling material. The decoupling layer can be made of any suitable decoupling material, including, but not limited to, organic polymers, inorganic polymers, organometallic polymers, hybrid organic/inorganic polymer systems, silicates, and combinations thereof. Organic polymers include, but are not limited to, urethanes, polyamides, polyimides, polybutylenes, isobutylene isoprene, polyolefins, epoxies, parylenes, benzocyclobutadiene, polynorbornenes, polyarylethers, polycarbonates, alkyds, polyaniline, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene acrylic acid, and combinations thereof. Inorganic polymers include, but are not limited to, silicones, polyphosphazenes, polysilazanes, polycarbosilanes, polycarboranes, carborane siloxanes, polysilanes, phosphonitriles, sulfur nitride polymers, siloxanes, and combinations thereof. Organometallic polymers include, but are not limited to, organometallic polymers of main group metals, transition metals, and lanthanide/actinide metals, or combinations thereof. Hybrid organic/inorganic polymer systems include, but are not limited to, organically modified silicates, preceramic polymers, polyimide-silica hybrids, (meth)acrylate-silica hybrids, polydimethylsiloxane-silica hybrids, ceramers, and combinations thereof.
- The barrier layers may be made from the same barrier material or different barrier material. The barrier layer can be made from any suitable barrier material. The barrier material can be transparent or opaque depending on what the composite is to be used for. Suitable barrier materials include, but are not limited to, metals, metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal oxynitrides, metal oxyborides, and combinations thereof. Metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, titanium, indium, tin, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, yttrium, nickel, tungsten, chromium, zinc, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof. Metal oxides include, but are not limited to, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, indium tin oxide, tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, niobium oxide, hafnium oxide, yttrium oxide, nickel oxide, tungsten oxide, chromium oxide, zinc oxide, and combinations thereof. Metal nitrides include, but are not limited to, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, boron nitride, germanium nitride, chromium nitride, nickel nitride, and combinations thereof. Metal carbides include, but are not limited to, boron carbide, tungsten carbide, silicon carbide, and combinations thereof. Metal oxynitrides include, but are not limited to, aluminum oxynitride, silicon oxynitride, boron oxynitride, and combinations thereof. Metal oxyborides include, but are limited to, zirconium oxyboride, titanium oxyboride, and combinations thereof. Suitable barrier materials also include, but are not limited to, opaque metals, opaque ceramics, opaque polymers, and opaque cermets, and combinations thereof. Opaque cermets include, but are not limited to, zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, hafnium nitride, tantalum nitride, niobium nitride, tungsten disilicide, titanium diboride, and zirconium diboride, and combinations thereof.
- The barrier layers may be deposited by any suitable process including, but not limited to, conventional vacuum processes such as sputtering, evaporation, sublimation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), electron cyclotron resonance-plasma enhanced vapor deposition (ECR-PECVD), and combinations thereof.
- The decoupling layer can be produced by a number of known processes which provide improved surface planarity, including both atmospheric processes and vacuum processes. The decoupling layer may be formed by depositing a layer of liquid and subsequently processing the layer of liquid into a solid film. Depositing the decoupling layer as a liquid allows the liquid to flow over the defects in the substrate or previous layer, filling in low areas, and covering up high points, providing a surface with significantly improved planarity. When the decoupling layer is processed into a solid film, the improved surface planarity is retained. Suitable processes for depositing a layer of liquid material and processing it into a solid film include, but are not limited to, vacuum processes and atmospheric processes. Suitable vacuum processes include, but are not limited to, those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,260,095, 5,395,644, 5,547,508, 5,691,615, 5,902,641, 5,440,446, and 5,725,909, which are incorporated herein by reference. The liquid spreading apparatus described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,260,095, 5,395,644, and 5,547,508 can be further configured to print liquid monomer in discrete, precisely placed regions of the receiving substrate.
- Suitable atmospheric processes include, but are not limited to, spin coating, printing, ink jet printing, and/or spraying. By atmospheric processes, we mean processes run at pressures of about 1 atmosphere that can employ the ambient atmosphere. The use of atmospheric processes presents a number of difficulties including the need to cycle between a vacuum environment for depositing the barrier layer and ambient conditions for the decoupling layer, and the exposure of the environmentally sensitive device to environmental contaminants, such as oxygen and moisture. One way to alleviate these problems is to use a specific gas (purge gas) during the atmospheric process to control exposure of the receiving substrate to the environmental contaminants. For example, the process could include cycling between a vacuum environment for barrier layer deposition and an ambient pressure nitrogen environment for the atmospheric process. Printing processes, including ink jet printing, allow the deposition of the decoupling layer in a precise area without the use of masks.
- One way to make a decoupling layer involves depositing a polymer precursor, such as a (meth)acrylate containing polymer precursor, and then polymerizing it in situ to form the decoupling layer. As used herein, the term polymer precursor means a material which can be polymerized to form a polymer, including, but not limited to, monomers, oligomers, and resins. As another example of a method of making a decoupling layer, a preceramic precursor could be deposited as a liquid by spin coating and then converted to a solid layer. Full thermal conversion is possible for a film of this type directly on a glass or oxide coated substrate. Although it cannot be fully converted to a ceramic at temperatures compatible with some flexible substrates, partial conversion to a cross-lined network structure would be satisfactory. Electron beam techniques could be used to crosslink and/or densify some of these types of polymers and can be combined with thermal techniques to overcome some of the substrate thermal limitations, provided the substrate can handle the electron beam exposure. Another example of making a decoupling layer involves depositing a material, such as a polymer precursor, as a liquid at a temperature above its melting point and subsequently freezing it in place.
- One method of making the composite of the present invention includes providing a substrate, and depositing a barrier layer adjacent to the substrate at a barrier deposition station. The substrate with the barrier layer is moved to a decoupling material deposition station. A mask is provided with an opening which limits the deposition of the decoupling layer to an area which is smaller than, and contained within, the area covered by the barrier layer. The first layer deposited could be either the barrier layer or the decoupling layer, depending on the design of the composite.
- In order to encapsulate multiple small environmentally sensitive devices contained on a single large motherglass, the decoupling material may be deposited through multiple openings in a single shadow mask, or through multiple shadow masks. This allows the motherglass to be subsequently diced into individual environmentally sensitive devices, each of which is edge sealed.
- For example, the mask may be in the form of a rectangle with the center removed (like a picture frame). The decoupling material is then deposited through the opening in the mask. The layer of decoupling material formed in this way will cover an area less than the area covered by the layer of barrier material. This type of mask can be used in either a batch process or a roll coating process operated in a step and repeat mode. With these processes, all four edges of the decoupling layer will be sealed by the barrier material when a second barrier layer which has an area greater than the area of the decoupling layer is deposited over the decoupling layer.
- The method can also be used in a continuous roll to roll process using a mask having two sides which extend inward over the substrate. The opening is formed between the two sides of the mask which allows continuous deposition of decoupling material. The mask may have transverse connections between the two sides so long as they are not in the deposition area for the decoupling layer. The mask is positioned laterally and at a distance from the substrate so as to cause the decoupling material to be deposited over an area less than that of the barrier layer. In this arrangement, the lateral edges of the decoupling layer are sealed by the barrier layer.
- The substrate can then be moved to a barrier deposition station (either the original barrier deposition station or a second one), and a second layer of barrier material deposited on the decoupling layer. Since the area covered by the first barrier layer is greater than the area of the decoupling layer, the decoupling layer is sealed between the two barrier layers. These deposition steps can be repeated if necessary until sufficient barrier material is deposited for the particular application.
- When one of the barrier stacks includes two or more decoupling layers, the substrate can be passed by one or more decoupling material deposition stations one or more times before being moved to the barrier deposition station. The decoupling layers can be made from the same decoupling material or different decoupling material. The decoupling layers can be deposited using the same process or using different processes.
- Similarly, one or more barrier stacks can include two or more barrier layers. The barrier layers can be formed by passing the substrate (either before or after the decoupling layers have been deposited) past one or more barrier deposition stations one or more times, building up the number of layers desired. The layers can be made of the same or different barrier material, and they can be deposited using the same or different processes.
- In another embodiment, the method involves providing a substrate and depositing a layer of barrier material on the surface of the substrate at a barrier deposition station. The substrate with the barrier layer is moved to a decoupling material deposition station where a layer of decoupling material is deposited over substantially the whole surface of the barrier layer. A solid mask is then placed over the substrate with the barrier layer and the decoupling layer. The mask protects the central area of the surface, which would include the areas covered by the active environmentally sensitive devices. A reactive plasma can be used to etch away the edges of the layer of decoupling material outside the mask, which results in the layer of etched decoupling material covering an area less than the area covered by the layer of barrier material. Suitable reactive plasmas include, but are not limited to, O2, CF4, and H2, and combinations thereof. A layer of barrier material covering an area greater than that covered by the etched decoupling layer can then be deposited, sealing the etched decoupling layer between the layers of barrier material.
- To ensure good coverage of the edge of the decoupling layer by the barrier layer, techniques for masking and etching the decoupling layer to produce a feathered edge, i.e., a gradual slope instead of a sharp step, may be employed. Several such techniques are known to those in the art, including, but not limited to, standing off the mask a short distance above a polymer surface to be etched.
- The deposition and etching steps can be repeated until sufficient barrier material is deposited. This method can be used in a batch process or in a roll coating process operated in a step and repeat mode. In these processes, all four edges of the decoupling layer may be etched. This method can also be used in continuous roll to roll processes. In this case, only the edges of the decoupling material in the direction of the process are etched.
- Alternatively, two masks can be used, one for the decoupling material and one for the barrier material. This would allow encapsulation with an edge seal of device which has electrical contacts which extend outside the encapsulation. The electrical contacts can remain uncoated (or require only minimal post-encapsulation cleaning.) The electrical contacts will typically be thin layer constructions that are sensitive to post-encapsulation cleaning or may be difficult to expose by selective etching of the encapsulation. In addition, if a mask is applied only for the decoupling material, a thick barrier layer could extend over the areas between the devices and cover the contacts. Furthermore, cutting through the thick barrier layer could be difficult.
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FIGS. 6 and 7 , themask 500 for the decoupling material has a smaller opening than themask 505 for the barrier material. This allows thebarrier layer 510 to encapsulate thedecoupling layer 515. - The
masks substrate 530. The undercut 520 for thedecoupling mask 500 can be sufficient to place the decouplingmask contact point 535 outside edge ofbarrier layer 510, as shown inFIG. 7 . - If a composite is made using a continuous process and the edged sealed composite is cut in the transverse direction, the cut edges will expose the edges of the decoupling layers. These cut edges may require additional sealing if the exposure compromises barrier performance.
- One method for sealing edges which are to be cut involves depositing a ridge on the substrate before depositing the barrier stack. The ridge interferes with the deposition of the decoupling layer so that the area of barrier material is greater than the area of decoupling material and the decoupling layer is sealed by the barrier layer within the area of barrier material. The ridge should be fairly pointed, for example, triangular shaped, in order to interrupt the deposition and allow the layers of barrier material to extend beyond the layers of decoupling material. The ridge can be deposited anywhere that a cut will need to be made, such as around individual environmentally sensitive devices. The ridge can be made of any suitable material, including, but not limited to, photoresist and barrier materials, such as described previously.
- While certain representative embodiments and details have been shown for purposes of illustrating the invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the compositions and methods disclosed herein may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the appended claims.
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